Achiever | Manual junior scores 36 on ACT

4:10 PM,
Dec. 30, 2013

Nivedita Khandkar

Written by

Elaine Rooker Jack
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Nivedita Khandkar's father suggested she check her ACT scores on the computer, not trusting the score she had found on her phone.

But the score she accessed on her phone was accurate: The Manual High School junior got a composite 36, the highest score possible on the college entrance exam. Her individual scores were 34 on reading and 36 on math, science, and English.

On average, fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of students score a 36 on a given testing date, according to ACT. As of the September testing date, 31 Kentucky students, including 15 Louisville-area students, have made that score in ...